Danish brewer Carlsberg slightly misses on fourth-quarter sales, points to slower growth in 2025

MOSCOW, Russia – March 31, 2022: Bottled Carlsberg beer seen on a supermarket shelf. Russia on Monday seized control of the Russian subsidiaries of Danone and Carlsberg, both of which are in the process of selling their Russian operations. The Danish brewer is still represented in Russia by the brands Carlsberg, Kronenbourg, Holsten and Tuborg.

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Danish brewer Carlsberg on Thursday reported a slight miss in fourth-year sales and pointed to lower growth in 2025.

The company posted fourth-quarter sales to 15.72 Danish kroner ($2.18 billion), coming in just below the 15.79 billion Danish kroner estimated by analysts in an LSEG poll.

Full-year sales totaled 75.01 billion Danish kroner, up 1.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and virtually in line with the 74.91 billion Danish kroner anticipated.

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